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codecrusadeon A great UI is invisible

People who say this dont understand what a UI is. If that was true, then God would not have invented the eye.Flowers wouldnt have color. Trees wouldnt have texture. Jony Ive was great because he kept the window minimalistic.If you kept OS UI elements minimalistic and non skeumorphic, you would end up with Windows 8 Metro. But,Yes I agree there needs to be a trade off. UI is all about tricking a user into virtual reality.

codecrusadeon Tesla Supercharger

I mean isnt this revolutionary? Why wouldnt Apple/Google Buy/integrate Tesla Motors http://www.teslamotors.com/goelectric#savings

codecrusadeon Reasons for iOS outperformance in the US

Horace addresses the mechanism, but does not list the core:

Its about culture- The US is a lead consumer market-Consumer behaviour originates in the US and spreads/mutates to the rest of the world. The iOS is the most sophisticated computer in the world. Rest of the world are almost a decade behind in adoption:)

All the points he listed are outcomes of this: